Cape Cod Medical Marijuana Dispensary Shut Down By DPH

MASHPEE, MA – A medical marijuana company with two dispensaries in Massachusetts, including one on Cape Cod, was ordered to halt sales and quarantine its product over concerns about pesticide use. The DPH on Thursday issued a cease and desist order to M3 Ventures Inc., which has dispensaries in Mashpee and Plymouth.

"The Department of Public Health has issued a cease and desist and quarantine order to M3 Ventures, Inc. a Registered Marijuana Dispensary, while we look into concerns about the use of pesticides at its cultivation facility in Plymouth. The dispensary is required to suspend the sale of all medical marijuana products until further notice," a spokesperson said in a statement to 7-News.

The use of pesticides in growing medical marijuana is prohibited. The company opened its dispensaries in Plymouth and Mashpee earlier this year. In a statement to the Globe, the company said its natural pesticides have been approved for growing produce in all 50 states and for cultivating marijuana in six states.

"Triple M only used the pesticides during the early stages of cultivation, never on the flower buds and ceased using the pesticides on plants in September 2018," according to the statement.

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